Lot of Lovecraftian stuff... namely the Necronomicon (a collection of stories centering around the infamous text) and the Tindalos Cycle (a collection centering around Frank Belknap Long's most famous contribution to the mythos, what inspired it, and what other authors have made of it)

Still reading Russian history, but yesterday I had to pick up another book that caught my eye: Code Version 2.0. I'm excited about it and can't believe I've never seen another book on the same subject.

"Code counters the common belief that cyberspace cannot be controlled or censored. To the contrary, under the influence of commerce, cyberspace is becoming highly regulable world where behavior will be much more tightly controlled than in real space. We can--we must--choose what kind of cyber-space we want and what freedoms it will guarantee. These choices are all about architecture: what kind of code will govern cyberspace, and who will control it. In this realm, code is the most significant form of law and it is up to lawyers, policymakers, and especially average citizens to decide what values that code embodies."

-exciting stuff

If you want to learn something online then don't ask a question. Instead, just post the wrong answer.

-John 3:16

"Agreed. Rookie moves. Narcissistic victims, alarmists, prima donnas. For someone who seems to be habitually unhappy and continually in crisis, why are you still here?"

-Yoda, from another dimension

" fuck all y'all naysayers, there's a fucking Starman in a fucking Tesla up there!"

Certainly so in Gibbon's case. He was not so much a historian, certainly not on in today's mould, as he was a story teller – a weaver of words. For example:

The provinces, long oppressed by the ministers of the republic, sighed for the government of a single person, who would be the master, not the accomplice, of those petty tyrants. The people of Rome, viewing, with a secret pleasure, the humiliation of the aristocracy, demanded only bread and public shows; and were supplied with both by the liberal hand of Augustus.

Got a book recommended by Amazon because I wanted something along the lines of The Man In The High Castle, called "The Fuhrer's Daughter". Don't bother, it sucks balls. Poorly written young adult fiction, I managed about 3 chapters and gave up. Lots of angsty looks and exclamation points.

Finishing up the Elvis Cosello book I've had since january. In the last 50 pages this event comes uphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYzQG9ICJEDiana (who was soon to be Mrs Elvis after that) sings in well enough, but it is worth watching for Willie's phrasing. Elvis does an acceptable vocal.